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Ponting on front cover of 2009 Playfair Cricket Annual
By Will last year, mid-February, 9 Comments »
I see Bill Frindall’s parting gift to England fans was his decision to put Ricky Ponting on the front cover of the 2009 Playfair Cricket Annual. Every year, almost without fail, the incumbent tends to have a rotten 12 months. Cheers to Bill, supping his beer in the great pub in the sky.
Ned Flanders uses Statsguru
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of January, 3 Comments »
Ned Flanders – aka John Buchanan – uses Cricinfo’s flagship geek-ahoy app, Statsguru. No great surprise I suppose, given that Buchanan makes Bill Frindall look vaguely hip and groovy. But it’s always interesting hearing it being used by coaches, and for what application.
3 Comments »Bearders: My Life in Cricket
By Will 4 years ago, mid-June, No Comments; be the first!
As mentioned the other day, I have been reading and reviewing Bill Frindall’s autobiography, Bearders: My Life In Cricket. I wasn’t looking forward to it but much to my surprise, it was an interesting book. It’s not to everyone’s taste, of course, but it revealed a different side to his voice on air with Test Match Special (where he can seem a trifle pissed off with life. And Henry Blofeld).
Worth a read. Full review at Cricinfo.
No Comments »Bill Frindall’s autobiography
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of June, 2 Comments »
I’m reviewing Bill Frindall’s autobiography – Bearders: My Life In Cricket – which, I’ll be perfectly honest, hasn’t filled me with wonder and awe. However, in the dozen or so pages I flicked through last night (he has chapters on most of his colleagues over the years: John Arlott, Jonathan Agnew, Vic Marks, Brian Johnston – all that lot) it could be quite entertaining. I’m just a bit worried that the statistical stuff might get in the way.
We’ll see. He’s the editor of the long-running (and firm favourite of mine) Playfair Cricket Annual, and has been Test Match Special’s scorer seemingly for ever.
2 Comments »The bearded wonders
By Will 4 years ago, mid-May, No Comments; be the first!
The bearded wonders
Originally uploaded by Flickr user deaco.
With the greatest respect to Mr Frindall, you have to worry when even he has a fan base…
No Comments »Playfair Cricket Annual 2006
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of April, No Comments; be the first!
This year’s Playfair, edited by Bill Frindall, was released today. £3.99 from Amazon – can’t be bad.
Talking of such matters, I’m soon to review his autobiography, Beaders, which goes on general release on June 1. You can preorder it now though.
No Comments »The Bearded Wonder
By Will 4 years ago, mid-January, 1 Comment »
A photo of The Bearded Wonder at Lord’s
Talking of which, Frindall’s must-buy annual Playfair is available to preorder on Amazon and is only £3.99. Which seems well cheap to me.
Cricket Auction – Brian Lara’s world record 400
By Will 5 years ago, at the end of June, 1 Comment »
Wraye Wenigmann wrote to me about a very good cause she and the German Cricket Board have organised. Bill Frindall aka “The Bearded Wonder,” renowned scorer for BBC’s Test Match Special, has donated one of his last original radial charts of Brian Lara’s world record 400. From their website:
The chart, originally commissioned by The Times of England, is one of a limited edition. Printed in full colour on A4 card, each of the 400 numbered prints is accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate. On offer is Nr. 144.
The 215 lines (4 sixes, 1 five, 43 fours, 4 threes, 24 twos and 139 singles) are coloured to represent the damage inflicted upon England’s seven bowlers.
Wraye and co are auctioning this chart, with a starting price of 50Euros. All proceeds go towards the Diocesan Catastrophe Help Fund – a Tsunami relief charity who, in Wraye’s words, have “done a lot of work in the area, building houses and boats.”
You may bid by emailing bids@dcusa.de with a subject of “Lara Chart” (serious bidders only). A great opportunity to not only contribute to the Tsunami re-building programme, but to get your hands on a piece of cricketing memorabilia.
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